The numbers of children who started to be looked after with a category of need of \u2018Low income\u2019 in each of the last three years can be found in the table below:<\/p>
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Children who started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March with a category of need of \u2018low income\u2019[1]<\/strong>[2]<\/strong>[3]<\/strong>[4]<\/strong><\/strong><\/p> Years ending 31 March 2015 to 2017<\/p> Coverage: England<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2015<\/p><\/td> 2016<\/p><\/td> 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Low income<\/p><\/td> 90<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: SSDA 903<\/em><\/p> <\/p> This information and related figures can be found in the attached Table C1, which is part of the national statistical release \u2018Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017\u2019.<\/p> <\/p> Information regarding the asylum status of a parent of a child looked after is not held centrally.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> [1] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p> [2] Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted.<\/p> [3] Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.<\/p> [4] The main category of the eight \u201cneed codes\u201d at the time the child started to be looked after rather than necessarily the entire reason they are looked after.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were taken into care in each of the last three years, because of the destitution of their parents or carers; and in how many such cases the parents or carers were (1) asylum applicants, and (2) rejected asylum applicants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimate by the Thomas Coram Foundation that there are some 120,000 children in the UK without regular immigration status, of whom half were born here; what are their proposals for improving this situation in line with the best interests of the child; and whether free legal advice is, or will be, available to such children who wish to claim citizenship.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children with temporary leave to remain after reaching the age of 18 were deported to their countries of origin, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment of the best interests of the individual child is provided before a deportation at the age of 18 is approved.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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